Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart Announces The Argument, Double Album Based on John Milton's Paradise Lost

Cool English teachers, rejoice: Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart is putting out a double album based on John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. The album is titled The Argument and it's out July 22 via Domino.

From his heavenly muse, Hart has distilled the book into pop and rock compositions, two of which are streaming above. "Is the Sky the Limit?" and "Letting Me Out" are from different sides of the LP.

The record was also inspired by writing by William S. Burroughs. A press release explains:

While visiting James Grauerholz, former friend and secretary for William S. Burroughs, James showed Grant an unpublished manuscript for Lost Paradise, William's science fiction story which portrays the fallen angels as men from distant planets and God as none other than fellow Missourian Harry S. Truman. James and Grant discussed adding music to William's story much in the same way that Tom Waits and William conspired to turn the German folk tale Die Freischütz into The Black Rider as staged by Robert Wilson.

Check out the tracklist below, as well as Hart's initial dates in Ireland and England.

The Argument:

01 Out of Chaos02 Morningstar 03 Awake, Arise! 04 If We Have the Will 05 I Will Never See My Home 06 I Am Death07 Sin 08 Letting Me Out 09 Is the Sky the Limit?10 Golden Chain 11 So Far From Heaven12 Shine, Shine, Shine13 It Isn't Love 14 War in Heaven 15 Glorious 16 (It Was A) Most Disturbing Dream 17 Underneath the Apple Tree18 The Argument 19 Run for the Wilderness 20 For Those Too High Aspiring